Construction and installation work will be completed by the end of September at the centralised spent nuclear fuel storage facility being built at Chernobyl in Ukraine, state nuclear operator Energoatom said.
At a recent meeting to assess the state of the €380m project, Energoatom said there had been delays because of the coronavirus pandemic and also in restoring railway lines that will be used for transporting spent nuclear fuel from three Ukrainian nuclear stations for storage at the facility.
The Vilcha-Yaniv railway line is under the control of state railway company Ukrzaliznytsia. Energoatom said the line has not been operated for several decades and is “in a dilapidated condition”.
At a recent meeting to assess the state of the €380m project, Energoatom said there had been delays because of the coronavirus pandemic and also in restoring railway lines that will be used for transporting spent nuclear fuel from three Ukrainian nuclear stations for storage at the facility.
The Vilcha-Yaniv railway line is under the control of state railway company Ukrzaliznytsia. Energoatom said the line has not been operated for several decades and is “in a dilapidated condition”.
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